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Universidad Andrés Bello, Hospital del Trabajador, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago, Chile
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Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Teodoro Álvarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Spine Unit, Department of Traumatology, Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile
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Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Paracelsus Private Medical University Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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nonvertebral injuries may have an impact in such inadvertence, especially in patients with multiple trauma ( 19 , 32 ). In this context, the care provided at baseline should be multidisciplinary and follow the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol. The
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Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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mild burst fractures. There is no doubt that CT scanning gives us very useful information about bony elements, and is usually performed routinely in patients with multiple injuries. 5 Non-reconstructed, computerised tomographic scans of the abdomen
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life in measures such as neurological deficits (85%), sexual dysfunction (62%), and altered bladder function (69%) ( 43 ). Quality of life can be altered in these polytraumatized patients with multiple injuries and a neurological permanent deficit of
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Major Trauma Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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centre after a high-energy motor vehicle accident. He sustained multiple injuries (Injury Severity Score (ISS) of 41), including a left segmental femoral fracture (FN-FD), with associated moderate brain and bilateral chest trauma, aortic transection
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implants, perioperative care, safer anaesthesia, invention of cell saver, etc. Unfortunately, with more extensive surgeries, the intraoperative risk of spinal cord injury increases. This neurologic injury may occur due to direct mechanical force applied to
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Life and Health Science Research Institute, University of Minho, Portugal
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Introduction Patient positioning on the surgical table is a critical step in any spine surgery. It is important to achieve optimal exposure not only to perform the aimed procedure but also to minimize the risk of secondary injuries avoiding
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mechanisms. Excessive catecholamines directly damage cardiomyocytes or indirectly cause transient microvascular dysfunction and ischemic injury ( 5 ). It has been reported that normal ventricular contraction is gradually restored after the administration of
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Unit, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Canada.
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Introduction Thoracolumbar (TL) fractures are the second most common fractures after hip fractures. 1 , 2 At the TL junction (T11-L2), TL fractures comprise three-quarters of total spinal injuries. 3 Most TL fractures occur at a
School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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physically demanding tasks associated with multiple musculoskeletal symptoms and injuries that lead to LBP ( 14 , 15 ). Annual prevalence percentage values of LBP in the military were high at 9–89.38% for ( 16 , 17 ). However, a previous study described
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spinal injuries. 3 There are two peak incidences for vertebral fractures: at a young age with motor vehicle accidents as the most common cause and in the older population as one of the markers of osteoporosis. 4 Osteoporotic vertebral fractures